Kindermusik

Quote Jean Paul

Why Music?: “Music…is an invisible dance, as dancing is silent music.”-Jean Paul Joyful Music and Dance Studios is an Orlando Kindermusik studio located in Lake Mary Florida. We offer Kindermusik, Dance, Art, private Piano Lessons, Guitar Lessons, and Voice Lessons, FCAT Tutoring and Handwriting without Tears.

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Laughter

Laughter increases white blood cell activity and changes the chemical balance of the blood. This is believed to boost the body's production of chemicals needed for alertness and memory. Laughter reduces stress, and low stress enhances the brain's receptivity to learning. According to researchers, laughing (having fun) also boosts the body's immune system for three days- the day of the fun and the next two. Joyful Music and Dance Studios is an Orlando Kindermusik studio located in Lake Mary Flor...

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Brains on Music Article

Good Reads: Here’s a fascinating article about our “brains on music.” Well worth the read. http://publications.mcgill.ca/reporter/2010/12/these-are-our-brains-on-music/ This image shows how the thickness of the cortex (in red) varies in relation to a person's ability to distinguish subtle differences between two melodies in different keys. Joyful Music and Dance Studios is an Orlando Kindermusik studio located in Lake Mary Florida. We offer Kindermusik, Dance, Art, private ...

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Quote - The Mozart Effect for Children

"Kindermusik provides the sound nutrition to improve movement, listening, and expression in young children. Through activities and music making, skills for parents and children alike create inroads for the great orchestration of a family's hearts and minds." - Don Campbell World-renowned authority on the transformative power of listening and music, and author of The Mozart Effect® for Children Joyful Music and Dance Studios is an Orlando Kindermusik studio located in Lake Mary Florida. We...

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Why Music ? Ronald Reagan

Why music? “Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music.” -Ronald Reagan Joyful Music and Dance Studios is an Orlando Kindermusik studio located in Lake Mary Florida. We offer Kindermusik, Art, private Piano Lessons, Guitar Lessons, and Voice Lessons, FCAT Tutoring and Handwriting without Tears.

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Why Music? Michelle Obama

“An educational foundation is only part of the equation. In order for creativity to flourish and imagination to take hold, we also need to expose our children to the arts from a very young age.” -First Lady Michelle Obama Joyful Music and Dance Studios is an Orlando Kindermusik studio located in Lake Mary Florida. We offer Kindermusik, Art, private Piano Lessons, Guitar Lessons, and Voice Lessons, FCAT Tutoring and Handwriting without Tears.

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Why Music? Anne Bogart

Why Music? “There is a difference between hearing and listening... Hearing is basic and physical. Listening is complex and cognitive... Listening is an action. It is an encounter with the world… Listening is a creative act, and it can be an act of love.” –theater director Anne Bogart Joyful Music and Dance Studios is an Orlando Kindermusik studio located in Lake Mary Florida. We offer Kindermusik, Art, private Piano Lessons, Guitar Lessons, and Voice Lessons, FCAT Tuto...

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Quote Jane Alexander

“Children learn better with arts as part of the curriculum. They learn all their subjects better. They’re more engaged. Teacher attendance goes up. The child is happier; the teacher is happier.”-Jane Alexander, former Chair, National Endowment for the Arts Joyful Music and Dance Studios is an Orlando Kindermusik studio located in Lake Mary Florida. We offer Kindermusik, Art, private Piano Lessons, Guitar Lessons, and Voice Lessons, FCAT Tutoring and Handwriting without Tears...

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Music & Social Emotional Development

Music & Social-Emotional Development Involvement in music and movement activities from an early age helps children develop good social and emotional skills. Social and emotional development has also been linked to school-readiness and even higher academic testing scores. Joyful Music and Dance Studios is an Orlando Kindermusik studio located in Lake Mary Florida. We offer Kindermusik, Art, private Piano Lessons, Guitar Lessons, and Voice Lessons, FCAT Tutoring and Handwriting without Tear...

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Why Music? Bono

Why Music? "Music can change the world because it can change people." -musician Bono Joyful Music and Dance Studios is an Orlando Kindermusik studio located in Lake Mary Florida. We offer Kindermusik, Art, private lessons in Piano, Guitar, and Voice, Tutoring and Handwriting without Tears.

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Story Time

At-Home Ideas: How do you get a toddler to sit still during a story? You don't! Toddlers are full of energy. When telling a story, build in some motion, act out the action words, or add some props. It'll help keep them engaged! Joyful Music and Dance Studios is an Orlando Kindermusik studio located in Lake Mary Florida. We offer Kindermusik, Art, private lessons in Piano, Guitar, and Voice, Tutoring and Handwriting without Tears.

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Why Music? Plato

Why Music? “Music … gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.” -Plato Joyful Music and Dance Studios is an Orlando Kindermusik studio located in Lake Mary Florida. We offer Kindermusik, Art, private lessons in Piano, Guitar, and Voice, Tutoring and Handwriting without Tears.

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Inspiration Thought- Mayou Angelou

"A single fantasy can transform a million realities." - Mayou Angelou Joyful Music and Dance Studios is an Orlando Kindermusik studio located in Lake Mary Florida. We offer Kindermusik, Art, private lessons in Piano, Guitar, and Voice, Tutoring and Handwriting without Tears.

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Inspirational Thought

"How we accept our children has a profound impact on how they accept themselves."- Peggy Finston, M.D. Joyful Music and Dance Studios is an Orlando Kindermusik studio located in Lake Mary Florida. We offer Kindermusik, Art, private lessons in Piano, Guitar, and Voice, Tutoring and Handwriting without Tears.

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Why Music? Research- "No Child Left Behind Act"

“Studying music encourages self discipline and diligence traits that carry over into mathematics, science, foreign languages, civics and government, economics, arts, history and geography.”- No Child Left Behind Act Joyful Music and Dance Studios is an Orlando Kindermusik studio located in Lake Mary Florida. We offer kindermusik, art, private lessons in piano, guitar, and voice, tutoring and handwriting without tears.

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Story Time At Home Idea

At-Home Ideas: How do you get a toddler to sit still during a story? You don't! Toddlers are full of energy. When telling a story, build in some motion, act out the action words, or add some props. It'll help keep them engaged! Joyful Music and Dance Studios is an Orlando Kindermusik studio located in Lake Mary Florida. We offer kindermusik, art, private lessons in piano, guitar, and voice, tutoring and handwriting without tears.

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"Head and Shoulders, Knees and Toes"

At-Home Ideas: The song “Head and Shoulders, Knees and Toes” is great for learning. Touch each corresponding body part on your baby as you sing it. For toddlers, have them touch the corresponding parts. For preschoolers, turn it into a game of Simon Says! Joyful Music and Dance is an Orlando Kindermusik Studio located in Lake Mary Florida.

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Why Music ? Jules Combarieu

Why Music? “Music is the art of thinking with sounds.” -musicologist Jules Combarieu Joyful Music and Dance is an Orlando Kindermusik Studio located in Lake Mary Florida.

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Lullabies

Lullabies are great for kids of all ages. Incorporate a lullaby into bedtime to help calm and relax not only your child but you as well.

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Music and Social-Emotional Development

Music & Social-Emotional Development Involvement in music and movement activities from an early age helps children develop good social and emotional skills. Social and emotional development has also been linked to school-readiness and even higher academic testing scores.

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Quote Jewel

“Some people think music education is a privilege, but I think it’s essential to being human.”- singer/songwriter Jewel

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Quote Jim Henson - puppeteer

“Music is an essential part of everything we do. Like puppetry, music has an abstract quality which speaks to a worldwide audience in a wonderful way that nourishes the soul.” Jim Henson - famous puppeteer

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Music and Math

Music & MathThere is no longer any doubt about a significant link between early music instruction and cognitive growth in areas such as math, memory, and spatial-temporal reasoning. It’s even been proven that these cognitive gains increase according to the number of years the student engages in active music learning.

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Quote Dorothy K. Whyte

"Believe in a child for what he is." -Dorothy K. Whyte

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Music and Literacy

Music & LiteracyAccording to experts, learning to read depends on acquiring a variety of skills including phonological processing, oral language, and comprehension. The early musical experiences your child gets in Kindermusik can have a significant impact in all these areas.

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Quote Yip Harbug

“Words make you think a thought. Music makes you feel a feeling. A song makes you feel a thought.”- lyricist Yip Harbug (wrote “Over the Rainbow”)

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Quote Leonard Bernstein

“Music can name the unnamable and communicate the unknowable.” -composer Leonard Bernstein

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Ray Charles Music Quote

“Music to me is like breathing—I don’t get tired of breathing, I don’t get tired of music.”-musician Ray Charles

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Quote Beethoven

“Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy. Music is the electrical soil in which the spirit lives, thinks, andinvents.”-composer Ludwig van Beethoven

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Quote Jean Gorges Noverre

“When the music and dance create with accord their magiccaptivates both the heart and the mind.”-dancer Jean Georges Noverre

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Music Quote

“If children are not introduced to music at an early age, I believe something fundamental is actually being taken from them.” -singer Luciano Pavarotti

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Experiential Learners

Experiential Learners: Young children learn by doing. Fun activities that link developmentally appropriate movement experiences with language are most effective for teaching concepts and vocabulary to these experiential learners.

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Praise the Accomplishment

Praise the Accomplishment: In acknowledging a child's choice to participate it is important to praise the accomplishment rather than to make a global comment such as "Good Girl" or "Good Boy." When the latter typ of praise is used frequently, there is the danger that the child might interpret the absence of such praise to mean, "I'm a bad boy," or I"m not good enough." Examples of appropiate praise include:Great job, You played the drum!You're good at that!You did it!-Dr. Becky Bailey, Ten Pr...

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Conversational Skills

Conversational Skills: The echoing in vocal play begins as imitation but can develop through improvisation on the part of the teacher or the children. The exchange, whether imitative or improvised, allows children to experience the give and take of conversation. This is vital to the development of conversation skills, which is an important element of social development.

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Musical Variety

Musical Variety: Experiencing musical variety is essential to a complete musical education. Listening to non- Western instruments presents the brain with new patterns and information to interpret, or new food for thought and brain development.

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Creativity 2

Creativity: Activities that provide an opportunity for flexibility, change or rearrangement encourage creativity. The creative process enhances the child's ability to think in different ways, extending the thought process.The Creative Arts by Linda Carol Edwards

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The Value of Repetition

The Value of Repetition: Growth and development of the child from birth to age seven years old take place primarily through the child's body experiences. Repetition aids in solidifying the brain's neural pathways which are formed through experience of activities.

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Steady Beat 2

Steady Beat: The most fundamental property of music is beat, the underlying, unchanging, repeating pulse. Feeling and moving to a steady beat develops a sense of time and the ability to organize and coordinate movements within time.

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Literacy

Literacy: Reading picture books together with adults helps children internalize some skills that are crucial in the development of true literacy.Reading together:fosters reading enjoymentprovides predictability through repetitionintroduces new vocabularyexpands understanding of story structurespromotes critical thinkingencourages language play and creative expression

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Movement and Learning

Movement and Learning: "Movement is key to learning! Our brains fully develop through movement activities such as crawling, rolling, turning, walking, skipping, reaching, swinging, and much more! The brain has a plan for development that involves specific and intensive motor activities to make full use of our complicated nervous system." -Movement and Music: The Keys to Learning," by Anne Green Gilbert

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Benefits of Rolling

Benefits of Rolling: Most everyday locomotor movements of children, such as walking, running, and crawling, involve the use of the arms and/or legs. Rolling, however, is initiated from the center of the body, with the body being propelled in a prone state by the hips and torso. Rolling is also unique in that it allows the child to experience the sensation of seeing the world from his stomach and back all in one continuous movement. This provides good stimulation for the vestibular system, whi...

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Creativity

Creativity: "Creativity isn't a trait that some people have and others don't. It's a way of using your mind and body as you engage in a task that has no prescribed approach. In the creative process, your ideas, feelings, skills, and knowledge flow together in innovative ways, allowing you to make or learn from something new." - "Creative Minds at Play" in Scholastic Parent & Child Dec/Jan 1998- by Charlotte Doyle, Ph. D

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Rocking and Listening

Rocking and Listening: Although many people "listen" to music throughout the day, listening is often relegated to being a "background" event. Setting aside a special time for rocking and listening provides moments invaluable to the development of both emotional security and music appreciation.

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Cooperative Games

Cooperative Games: Cooperative games require the group to play together as a whole. "Cooperative Games help children to form a cohesive group; teach cooperation skills, turn taking and sharing;decrease aggressiveness;and a non-threatening context for modeling and rehearsing social skills. - Young Children's Behaviour- by Louise Porter

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Fine Motor Skills

Fine Motor Skills: Fine motor skills may be developed through games requiring focus on finger movements. These skills are essential in increasing the child's ability to turn pages of a book, use a crayon, hold a toothbrush or use a spoon.

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Inhibitory Control

Inhibitory Control: Activities which encourage the child to move or stop moving in response to a cue help the child develop inhibitory (internal) control. The ability to control body movement is an important step toward developing self-discipline.

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It's not to late to enjoy Summer Camp

It's not to late to enjoy Summer Camp! Our next session of summer camps start up the Week of June 13-19. Come enjoy:Busy Days for ages 0-18 monthsCreatures in my Backyard for ages 18 mo-5yrsZoo Train for ages 18 mo- 3 yrsAround the World for ages 5-7yrsCreatures at the Ocean- Family Time for ages 0-7 yearsGreat Artist in History (Art Camp)- Ages 2-5yrsWe are also offering Music Lesson camps for Piano, Guitar and Ensemble - Ages 4-10yrs Call Today to find out more! 407-833-2729

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Language Skills

Language Skills: Language Skills may be increased through exploration of familiar word patterns with a tune. During Vocal Play, the child experiences rhythm, accents, synchronization and tempo, all integral parts of communication.

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The Value of Play

The Value of Play: Play is a natural activity for children. The child at play is self-motivated and actively engaged. Whereas games are governed by rules, the value of play is that it provides freedom from evaluation and judgment. the freedom of a playful atmosphere fosters intellectual development as well as self-construction and the development of personality.

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The Pleasure of Dance

The Pleasure of Dance: "Children find intrinsic pleasure in "being" the creator of movement and dance rather than "imitating" a prescribed, "follow me and do as I do" approach." - The Creative Arts by Linda Carol Edwards

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Pretend Play

Pretend Play: The child participating in pretend play may begin with pure imitation. This may evolve into imaginative play and eventually develop into more complex play thorough the adaptation (adding and changing) of an activity. All levels of participation provide ample opportunities for development of language skills, expressive communication skills, recognition of reality vs. fantasy, and social skills.

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Joyful Voice Choral Ensemble

Joyful Voices Choral Ensemble: Singing in a group is the best way for children to become better singers. Joyful Voices will teach young singers how to properly use their voices, read simple rhythm patterns, and work together in a group. While learning to use their voice in a group, with new songs, and new friends, children will gain increased self-confidence, and social skills. 8 weeks ($120) Starts June 14th 2010

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Reconnect

Reconnect: Calming lullabies provide time for the very active toddler to reconnect with the adult. As the lesson progresses, the toddler will exhibit "bound away and back" tendencies. The opportunity to reconnect is valuable to both the adult and child.

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Play as a Learning Mode

Play as a Learning Mode: Because children do not separate feeling from thinking, acting, and socializing, play is the most effective learning mode available to them.

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Physical Confidence

Physical Confidence: Body Awareness is important in the development of the child's physical confidence. This developmental goal may be met by engaging in movement activities which focuses on: Body part movement Whole body movement in one place Whole body movement while traveling in space

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Inspiration

"The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards." - Anatole France

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Vocal Expressiveness

Vocal Expressiveness: Through the use of the vocal slide (glissando), the child can learn to use the voice expressively. The development of vocal expressiveness can enhance communication skills.

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Experiencing Sound

Experiencing Sound: The earlier a child hears and experiences a particular sound, the easier it is for a child to reproduce that sound. Exposing children to a sound they may not hear in their day-to-day experience allows them a new point of reference for sounds.

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Seasonal Songs and Crafts- Summertime Fun

Join us for summer classes:Seasonal Songs and Crafts- Summertime Fun! (Ages 2-5yrs - from 5pm-6pm) This seasonal art class combines both music and art to help your child develp skills in creativity and school readiness.

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Language Centers

Language Centers: Environments rich in written, spoken, and gestural language provide the experience necessary for the stimulation of neural dendrites and circuits in the brain. This stimulation causes the brain's language centers to grow, thus allowing the child to understand and speak efficiently.- Magic Trees of the Mind by Marian Diamond, PhD and Janet Hopson

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Creatures in My Backyard

Join us for Summer Camp!Creatures in My Backyard: With backyard inspired activities, you can talk about things outside and how they connect to things in the classroom. Together you'll run and jump rain puddles made from hula hoops. Shoo real flies and sing "Shoo Fly" and be the seed from the seed's perspective.

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Emotional Development

Emotional Development: Many experts agree that the child's emotional development is dependent upon the care received at an early age. The child who receives love, attention, and the encouragement to explore and learn is most likely to develop an "amygdala," a part of the brain which allows a person to calm himself. "...the parts of the brain that process emotion grow and mature relatively early in a child and are very sensitive to parental feedback and handling."- Magic Trees of the Mind by ...

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Drawing for $50 Gift Certificate

Reminder:If you register for any Summer Class Camp between now and April 24th, 2010, we will enter you into a drawing to win a $50 Gift Certificate. Register for more classes and receive more chances! (Gift Certificate is good towards any future JMDS class - expires 12-31-10)

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Bonjour! Parlez Francais.

Join us for Summer Camp! Bonjour! Parlez Francais.Give your child a head start on learning a foreign language. This group class is 8 weeks and is for ages 4-6 years and 7-10 years. ($170)

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Community

Community: Circle dances foster a sense of community within the classroom. "Historically, community has meant the overall social context in which people live out their lives... community remains central to children's social and emotional development."- Fostering Children's Social Competence: The Teacher's Role by Lilian G. Katz and Diane E. McCellan

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Around the World

Join us for Summer Camp!Around the World: (Ages 5-7yrs) Say hello in five languages when you visit a different area each lesson: Germany, Japan, Africa, England, and Mexico. Play the native instruments. Drape sheets over cardboard boxes, sing over the German mountaintops, and more.

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Steady Beat

Steady Beat: Many children ages 1 1/2 through 3 years have a well developed sense of their own internal steady beat. Once this internal steady beat is secured, children are then ready for experiences in which they are invited to match the steady beat of an external sound source.

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Beginner Guitar and Piano Summer Camp

Join us for Summer Camp! Beginner guitar (ages 5-10 yrs) and Beginner Piano (ages 4-10 yrs)Joyful Music and Dance Studios offers group music camps from experienced, caring instructors. When your child is ready to take the next step into more formal music lessons, bring them to the school they already know and love! Both classes will introduce students to the instrument and teach them to start reading music in a fun group environment.

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Nurture and Control

Nurture and Control: Encouraging participation provides a framework of appropriate behavior for the child. "... a combination of nurturance and control, encouragement, demandingness, and communication provides the emotional and social context required for (the child's) optimum development." - Fostering Children's Social Competence: The Teacher's Role by Lilian G Katz and Diane E McClellan

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Peek-A-Boo! I Love You

Join us for Summer Camp:Peek-A-Boo! I Love You: (Babies 0-18 months) You loved your baby from the first moment. We'll show you new ways to say it in a language your baby understands--through songs, sign language, infant massage, and baby-parent dances.

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Body Control

Body Control: During movement activities, children "learn to organize themselves and in relationship to objects and other individuals... they are developing body control and confidence in the power and ability of their own bodies."The Creative Arts- by Linda Carol Edwards

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Zoo Train

Join us for Summer Camp:Zoo Train!: (18 months - 3years) Your toddler and the train make a natural match--always on the move. And when you both dance and make the featured animal sounds, your toddler develops the multisensory and listening skills necessary for permanent learning. You'll love knowing that every happy "choo-choo" moment develops rhythm and fine motor coordination.

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Movement

Movement: Movement is a universal, full time, personal, childhood occupation, and its importance in children's early learning experiences cannot be overemphasized... Children develop movement in space to understand position, size, distance, and shape. Continuous activity... is essential for optimal rather than a marginal level of motor performance.- Moving and Learning for the Young Child by William J. Stinson, Ed.

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Little Masterpice Art Camp

Join us for Summer Camp! Little Masterpiece Art Camp (Great artists in history): (Ages 2-4 years)Enjoy learning about some of the greatest artists in history, and learning to create your own art, just like them. In one short week your child will learn to: Sculpt with MichelangeloCut with Matisse Draw with RaphaelPastels with Picasso Paint with Cassatt

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Repetition

Repetition: Growth and development of the child from birth to seven years old, take place primarily through the child's body experiences. Repetition aids in solidifying the neural pathways which are formed through experience of activities.

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Busy Days

Join us for Summer Camp! Busy Days: (Ages 0-18 months) Set your baby's day to classical music. With a little more Tchaikovsky in your "Twinkle, Twinkle" repertoire, you'll discover new ways your baby benefits from the classics. - Kindermusik International

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The Importance of Art for Young Children

Art is one of those things kids can do on their own with no assistance necessary by parents or teachers. We're not talking formal art concepts and mastery here, just exposure to art materials and the experiences that early art can bring. Think of a list of actions, etc that children can do 100% on their own, no assistance needed (and still be considered safe). We teach them to tie their shoes. We keep them within certain boundaries either by doors, gates, or fences. We make sure they're onl...

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Benefits of Story Time

Benefits of Story Time:* Exposes children to new words and new ways to communicate* Motivates children to think about things in new and different ways* Provides opportunity for children to interact with each other* Provides cognitive stimulation* Builds early interest in literacy

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Creatures at the Ocean

Join us for Summer Camp! Creatures at the Ocean: (Ages 18 months- 5 years) Sing sailor songs and make your own ocean of imagination. Every activity really counts when this camp puts the learning in song such as "Five little seashells lying on the shore: Swish! Went the waves and then there were four."-Kindermusik International

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Musical Sensitivity

Musical Sensitivity: A respectful introduction to an instrument allows children to develop a musical sensitivity to that instrument. Exploration provides the opportunity to discover ways the many sounds of the specific instrument may be produced. Kindermusik - Foundations of Learning

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Kindermusik Summer Camp

Summer is a season of butterflies and sunshine. Take advantage of this wonderful time of year by bringing your child out to our studios, and take classes that will develop your child's language skills, literacy, listening, problem solving, social skills, self-esteem, and musicality.

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Active Listening

Active Listening: Active Listening differs from hearing in that it is an intentional act. While we are surrounded by sounds in our everyday life, we choose whether or not to listen and process the sounds we hear. Active Listening activities allow children the opportunity to learn to listen intentionally. Kindermusik- Foundations of Learning

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Emotional Intelligence

Kindermusik- Foundations of Learning Emotional Intellignece: Research suggests that emotional competence starts to develop in the cradle... Emotional Intelligence includes the recognition and management of unique feelings, developing empathy, and the handling of relationships with others.

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Benefits of Kindermusik

The Kindermusik program encompasses a vast variety of benefits to children's development. Cognitive, social, emotional, and physical, are just a few of the developmental areas that the Kindermusik environment focuses on. Children in a Kindermusik classroom are not just learning and developing in one area but the whole-child approach is meeting all of their developmental needs.Kindermusik uses music as the means to reach the whole child and fulfill his developmental needs. As children join in ...

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